Alan Gardner

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The city of Woodstock has declared Feb. 22 Chester Gould Day to honor the Dick Tracy creator. Chester’s family moved to Woodstock in 1936 where Chester lived until his death in 1985. For those in the Chicago area, a documentary will air on WTTW-Channel 11 called “Chester Gould: An American Original”.From the Northwest Herald:The documentary […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Tune in for Part 1 of my epic interview with Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe, the writer and artist of the syndicated “Sally Forth,” which is in over 700 papers.  […]

Really great news about the talented Maria Scrivan and her panel Half Full. Tribune Content Agency has picked up her panel for daily syndication beginning March 15. Her feature will be available in both panel and strip. Currently Half Full appears in the Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate and on GoComics.com since 2013. Congratulations, Maria!!

Dan Collins has released his third e-book in the Cartoons That Will Send Me Straight To Hell series. His e-book business appears to be growing in the number of titles and distribution outlets. Dan tells me this latest book is selling in 14 different e-book sellers.Click the cover image below to go to Amazon to […]

From Daryl Cagle:Vilks is a ?conceptual artist? who had been known for building towers made of sticks before he took up the Prophet Muhammad-dog theme. Vilks studied art history and didn?t train as an artist, as is clear to anyone who sees his terrible drawings. His most famous Muhammad dog drawing looks like he drew […]

Jim Toomey?s Sherman?s Lagoon has made it big – as in Times Square Jumbotron big. The award-winning cartoonist was approached by the Baltimore-based Campbell Foundation for the Environment to produce a PSA on ocean conservation. He created the animated spot to highlight the need for consumption of sustainable seafood.The PSA runs through the end of […]

From the Washington Post: Last month The EastAfrican, a regional newspaper printed in Nairobi, was banned in Tanzania after 20 years of operation. The official explanation given by the government was that the paper was in violation of the country?s newspaper registration laws, but the more likely reason for the shutdown was the newspaper?s criticism […]

Heritage Builders Publishing has announced that it will publish the ?Dozi the Alligator? children?s series by award-winning cartoonist Daniel Boris. The first book in the series, ?Dozi the Alligator Finds a Family,? will be released on May 15, 2015.Congratulations to Daniel Boris. It’s great to see this come to fruition.

Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau will be the first cartoonist to receive the George Polk Career Award. The George Polk Award is given to honor special achievement in journalism. From the press release:Garry Trudeau will be the 33rd recipient of the George Polk Career Award and is the first cartoonist in the program’s history to be […]

Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks may have been the target of the shootings this weekend in Copenhagen. There have been two other known attempts on his life since he drew the head of the Prophet Mohammad on the body of a dog back in 2007.It doesn’t sound like authorities are ready to officially state that Lars […]

Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) has won this year’s Grand Prix Press Cartoon Europe cartoon. The cartoon above was published in the October issue of The Economist. KAL’s cartoon beat out 150 other cartoonists and takes home 8,000 Euros. Second and third place goes to Jean Gouders (The Netherlands), and Quirit (Belgium) respectively.Congratulations to KAL

The next issue of MAD Magazine will be edited by Weird Al. Last May the National Cartoonists Society honored the Grammy award winning musician with the The A.C.E. Award (Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinaire), an award given to someone who had aspirations of being a cartoonist but made it big in another field. A fan of MAD […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Illustrator and caricature artist extraordinaire, Kenny Durkin, joins us to talk his work and how tough dealing with dozens of people at a party or an amusement park can be!  […]

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan enlisted Ralph Steadman to create a series of illustrations for Blu-ray covers for the show. The art goes on display in London this Friday. Below is the art for the main character Walter White. Head over to Mashable to see the rest.From Mashable:Gilligan said he thought the idea of enlisting […]